Judge temporarily blocks Trump DOJ’s nearly $2B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department Friday from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation” of a $1.778 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”  The Trump administration said last week that the fund will compensate Americans unfairly targeted by politicized federal investigations on a “case-by-case” basis. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s order on … Read more

DOJ escalates blue-state ICE standoff after states refuse key federal request

The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it filed lawsuits against four Democrat-led states over their refusal to issue undercover license plates to ICE agents. DOJ Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate previously issued an ultimatum to Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington, giving them until May 22 to provide immigration enforcement officers with … Read more

Hilton says Spencer Pratt campaign reflects growing revolt against California’s ‘one-party rule’

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton says the momentum behind his campaign and Spencer Pratt’s independent bid for Los Angeles mayor shows there’s a hunger among voters in the left-leaning state for outsiders. Hilton, a conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by President Donald Trump, emphasized in an interview Thursday … Read more

Dead voter allegation fuels concerns about voting safeguards as blue state official turns herself in

Illinois GOP Chairman Bob Grogan is calling on a Democratic Waukegan city official to resign after prosecutors said she submitted her dead mother’s vote-by-mail ballot, a case conservatives say exposes broader concerns about mail-in voting and voter-roll safeguards even though the ballot was caught before it was counted. A Waukegan, Illinois alderman, Sylvia Sims Bolton, … Read more

WATCH: America’s first ‘formerly undocumented’ congressman delivers ultimatum at besieged ICE facility

The New York City lawmaker who describes himself as the first “formerly undocumented immigrant” member of Congress was defiant this week when he arrived at Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center waving a court order and demanding entry. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Washington Heights Democrat, was one of three Manhattan lawmakers who converged on the center … Read more

Why America is failing its health report card | Robert B Shpiner

Americans spend 18% of our economy on healthcare, nearly twice the average of comparable nations, for worse results The Commonwealth Fund published its 2026 report card on US healthcare this week, measuring the United States against 19 other wealthy countries. It runs the most expensive system on earth, and it buys some of the worst … Read more